Are removalist trucks the catalyst for every celebrity couple rumour?

A van isn’t easy to hide.

This morning we woke up to the ‘news’ that Miley Cyrus was outside her ex-fiancé Liam Hemsworth’s house. It’s yet another incident building momentum in the are-they-aren’t-they questions surrounding the exes’ relationship. The rumours of a reunion began when Cyrus helped Hemsworth adopt a rescue dog. A few weeks later, they were spotted together at Falls Festival in Byron Bay over New Year’s with Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky.

Back in the U.S. the pair was reportedly cosy at a Golden Globes after party and Cyrus has been seen wearing a diamond engagement ring on Instagram and real life. The ring is practically identical to the one Hemsworth proposed with in 2012. It could very well be the actual thing.

But back to Cyrus outside Hemsworth’s house. In the context of this evidence, yes, it’s likely they are hanging out at each other’s homes. But in this instance, there’s something much, much more telling: the presence of removalists.

No matter how hard celebrities try to live their lives behind closed doors, sometimes a removalist truck is just too big to fit behind closed doors (or gates). It has become a dead giveaway for celebrity relationship rumours, whether they’re moving in together (as seems the case with Cyrus, Hemsworth and the U-Haul van) or one party is moving out, foreshadowing a split.

Either way, a removalist truck outside a celebrity home is a guaranteed gossip site headline. Let’s take Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner: a removal truck outside their marital home fuelled rumours of a divorce. And even though the truck was there simply to facilitate a renovation, a divorce announcement did indeed follow.

The removalist company used by Affleck and Garner, Wetzel & Sons, was also used by George Clooney and Stacy Keibler, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry and Russell Brand for their post-split moves.

Before filing divorce proceedings, removal trucks were seen outside the home of Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green, the same day Us Weekly’s ‘insider’ confirmed the split.

After Kristen Stewart cheated on Robert Pattinson with director Rupert Sanders, trucks came to remove Pattinson’s belongings from the home they shared, confirming the couple needed space – literally and emotionally.

Julia Roberts and husband Danny Moder’s marriage was called into question when removal trucks were seen outside their home in September last year. Although these rumours appear to be just that – rumours.

To any celebrities wanting media attention, it’s as easy as parking a removal van outside your home and tipping off the paparazzi. Any publicity is good publicity, right?

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